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Winning and Losing in Mordor
I spent the weekend at a medical conference in Washington D.C., which I lovingly refer to as Mordor. Flying out of DCA this morning, I stopped at a burger place near my gate to get lunch before boarding my flight. As I walked up, the short Middle-Eastern-appearing man behind the counter told me, in heavily accented English, “The Barbeque Bacon Burger really hit spot. Thick slabs bacon.” Appreciating his obvious concern for my anorexic appearance, I said sure, why not. As I’m leaning over to get a drink from the fridge next to the cash register, he says, “Our Elevation Chicken Sandwich has organic chicken!”
Wondering why he’s telling me about other options after I’ve already ordered, I look up from the fridge. He’s looking past me, to a slender 60ish-year-old woman with her gray hair pulled back into a ponytail. She’s wearing a Native American-styled narrow headband, and a blue surgical mask. Her blue eyes light up, and she says, “Really!?!” Really. I’m not making this up.